11 Sep 2026 07:48:20
I spent some time talking to a Newcastle fan this last couple of days and he loved Eddie Howe, gutted he left and said the OT job is too big for him.
I recalled to him that I saw Malcolm McDonald live in the black and white at OT. I believe it was circa 1972 and from the Stretford End I just have this memory he had incredibly bowed legs. Have you seen and noticed something unusual or different about a player?
11 Sep 2026 08:58:17
Yes Onana had very slippy hands.
11 Sep 2026 10:12:24
David Beckham had more hairstyles during his Manchester United career than we have won major trophies since Sir Alex Ferguson left.
11 Sep 2026 10:17:38
He also had sharp studs in his boots apparently. ?
11 Sep 2026 10:32:15
You could drive a bus through the legs of McDonald.
The thighs of Mark Hughes were pretty impressive.
The weirdest of all had to be the comb over of Sir Bobby Charlton.
11 Sep 2026 11:07:55
IWOTB, I was going to mention Mark Hughes's legs. I've never seen such big legs on a man! The joke at after-dinner talks from ex-pros like Lee Sharpe and Ryan Giggs was that opposition players have broken their own legs trying to kick Mark Hughes, and he never needed shin pads; his legs were tougher than the shin pads!
11 Sep 2026 14:11:01
Mark Hughes was my fav player for a long time. Big game expert too.
11 Sep 2026 14:47:37
Ports, Sparky was one of my all time favourites also. It was tragic what happened to his son recently.
Talking of thighs, see if you can find an old picture of the inimitable and true great that was Duncan Edwards. He had thighs to match Sparky.
Don't forget that was the 1950s when training was endlessly running around the pitch, eating steak and chips, yum yum, going to the pub and smoking 20 a day!
Although, I have to say, Duncan did not smoke or drink.
He was a clean living boy. Besty certainly did not use him as an example!
11 Sep 2026 20:28:37
I think it was Sheffield United away in the FA Cup when Sparky lost his temper. After being kicked all over, he lost it and kicked one of them up in the air. We loved Sparky on the terraces. He had big calves, and I think, away at QPR, they kept going through the back of him, but he was immense.
11 Sep 2026 21:06:54
I always felt he was one of us, although later found out he was a Chelsea fan. He typified a United player - tough, no-nonsense, never give up, and he scored some critical goals for us. Cup Winners' Cup Final and FA Cup semi-final spring to mind. Selling him the first time was scandalous.